Small Models Enter Embodied AI: MiniCPM-Robot's Alternative Breakthrough by ModelBest

ModelBest released the MiniCPM-Robot series of models at WAIC 2026, marking its first step in extending from edge-side language models to embodied AI. My core judgment is: this isn't just a simple product line expansion, but a challenge to the industry consensus that "embodied AI must rely on massive computing power and large models." If MiniCPM-Robot can succeed in robotic tasks with a parameter scale of 1B-3B, it will have a profound impact on the entire deployment path of embodied AI.